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Chapter 23

           Hesoughtalwaysfortheprinciplethatlaybehindandbeneath. Hewantedtoknowhowthethingwasdone; afterthathecoulddoitforhimself. Hewasnotcontentwiththefairfaceofbeauty. Hedissectedbeautyinhiscrowdedlittlebedroomlaboratory,wherecookingsmellsalternatedwiththeouterbedlamoftheSilvatribe;and,havingdissectedandlearnedtheanatomyofbeauty,hewasnearerbeingabletocreatebeautyitself. 

           Hewassomadethathecouldworkonlywithunderstanding. Hecouldnotworkblindly,inthedark,ignorantofwhathewasproducingandtrustingtochanceandthestarofhisgeniusthattheeffectproducedshouldberightandfine. Hehadnopatiencewithchanceeffects. Hewantedtoknowwhyandhow. Hiswasdeliberatecreativegenius,and,beforehebeganastoryorpoem,thethingitselfwasalreadyaliveinhisbrain,withtheendinsightandthemeansofrealizingthatendinhisconsciouspossession. Otherwisetheeffortwasdoomedtofailure. Ontheotherhand,heappreciatedthechanceeffectsinwordsandphrasesthatcamelightlyandeasilyintohisbrain,andthatlaterstoodalltestsofbeautyandpoweranddevelopedtremendousandincommunicableconnotations. Beforesuchheboweddownandmarvelled,knowingthattheywerebeyondthedeliberatecreationofanyman. Andnomatterhowmuchhedissectedbeautyinsearchoftheprinciplesthatunderliebeautyandmakebeautypossible,hewasaware,always,oftheinnermostmysteryofbeautytowhichhedidnotpenetrateandtowhichnomanhadeverpenetrated. 

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